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Let’s stop dancing around the truth, Nigeria’s security failure is not because our soldiers are weak, it’s because the system supporting them is broken. The Nigerian Army has carried this war on its shoulders, while other institutions move with the kind of sluggishness that has become a national trademark. And the people in charge pretend not to see it.
This country is fighting enemies that are organized, funded, trained, and coordinate, yet our security agencies behave like separate empires. The Army bleeds on the ground, and instead of building a united front, those in power are busy calculating politics, loyalty, and optics. This is why the crisis keeps growing.
Let’s be honest, the Air Force must stop acting like an optional accessory. Air superiority is not a favor, but a duty. Terrorists should not be able to breathe without being tracked, monitored, and neutralized. But often times, air response comes late, slow, or after communities have already suffered. Who does that help? Certainly not Nigeria.
The Police and DSS cannot continue their endless bureaucracy and selective urgency. Intelligence is either timely or useless. Criminal networks should not have more coordination than the institutions created to stop them.
Our leaders need to stop pretending that one arm of the security system can fix a national emergency alone. The Army has done the heavy lifting for years, far beyond what any single force should. But instead of strengthening them with a united structure, we watch them drown in responsibilities because no one wants to confront institutional weakness.
Politicians love speeches about security. What they don’t love is accountability. But the truth is simple, without honest coordination, fearless leadership, and real inter-agency commitment, peace will remain a slogan.
Nigeria doesn’t need promises. Nigeria needs action from everyone, not just the Army.
AA Aruwa.
